Morning chaps, thought id start a topic to get a feel of whos going for the PS4 on launch. I put my pre order through with shopto this morning. I just hope that because there still taking preorders they have stock still !

With all the news that there selling out of spots for preorders in the US i thought id better do it sooner rather than later.

Whats everyone else planning on doing, have you preordered ? where did you go ?

I was gonna pre-order with shopto but i wasn't sure what the deals would be.

Ultimately I'd like to get Madden, FIFA or Battlefield within my pre-order package without paying full price extra... Will they announce any pre-order packages beforehand or will I have to wait until release?

For my PS3 I bought it 2 or 3 years after it came out and got a package with Infamous, which wasn't good so I traded it in lol I was hoping I'd get a package with a game I know I'd keep...

@trulyinfemous wrote:I was gonna pre-order with shopto but i wasn't sure what the deals would be.

Ultimately I'd like to get Madden, FIFA or Battlefield within my pre-order package without paying full price extra... Will they announce any pre-order packages beforehand or will I have to wait until release?

For my PS3 I bought it 2 or 3 years after it came out and got a package with Infamous, which wasn't good so I traded it in lol I was hoping I'd get a package with a game I know I'd keep...

I was waiting for a bundle announcement before i pre ordered aswell, but i didnt realise that it didnt bill me until the console is dispatched lol so you could put it on pre order with shopto or amazon and then cancel it before release if a bundle deal gets released. speaking to afew people on forums they've pre ordered through a high street shop like GAME and then have back ups on Shopto and Amazon which they'll cancel as soon as they get confirmation from GAME that they have one on release.

Ive just spoken to someone at shopto about it all - they say they've spoken to Sony and there is no problem with stock so there still accepting pre orders. So that leads me to believe that the US stores that are now not taking pre orders know the quantities there getting ??? i dunno its still all up in the air but i put my pre order through yesterday and by the sounds of it ill be getting mine on release.

Yeah, I pre-ordered from amazon already too. If they release a bundle for a good price then I'll just cancel my pre-order and get the bundle. But the US bundles don't actually save you anything except for the most expensive one including a game and PSN+ which saves $10. Games are supposed to be day 1 downloadable so I'll probably just go that route anyway unless its a better deal in a bundle.

I heard that they'll probably announce the release date and Euro Bundles either at or around Gamescom which starts August 21st. From reports Sony is pushing to release at least a week before Xbone to get an extra jump on M$ too. But since MS only committed to November Sony is probably waiting it out to see if they can get enough stock to set a release date in October or if MS will state a specific date in November so that they can plan for just a week before it.

I figure the same thing as you Past. That Sony has told the different retailers how many units they can guarantee at launch and the pre-orders are limited to that. Amazon.de says the console is guaranteed to be delivered on release day so if they can't fulfill the pre-orders they'll be in a shitload of trouble.

id imagine those servers will be stretched to breaking point if they've got day one downloads available !

Wow thats risky use of words from the .de shop! the co.uk amazon just says it will be dispatched when it arrives and shop to says something along the same lines. i guess more things will become clear as soon as they release a date.

It'll be interesting to see how pre-orders are managed by Sony. if it was an easter release it would be easier to predict but as its just before Xmas it is possible they could run out with stores taking orders after initial batch is gone for a "save our Xmas" 2nd batch mid/late December.

Either way it doesn't matter, the Bears will be sweeping all before them regardless!!!

Sorry, Bish I haven't been on-site recently. I was in Vegas last week and I didn't lose everything so thats good news. But I did bet on the Eagles to win it all so I'll probably lose everything soon enough.

I'm planning on messaging/emailing everyone soon to get more responses on this. I think the PS4 version will also play much better with all the advances in AI that they can do with the PS4 too. I'd prefer to wait till PS4 but like I said if a large portion of the group want to play on PS3 then we can do that too.